Wind motor



y 13, 1952 J. G. A. RYDELL 2,596,726

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WIND MOTOR Filed May 26, 1948 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jr W 43 lllllll In l l I as l IFII IGI-I Emma 47 gln/uewtoc JosEF G. A. RYDELL May 13, 1952 J. G. A. RYDELL WIND MOTOR e Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed May 26, 1948 .L .l L S 9% u m \M W 4- .m 1 l a VI w R H a 1 W9 A 3 H. e G I F 1 7 G 2 w l 0 F I J w 4 r- W 9 T H mw MM. PI 2 o 7 H 6 3 5 4/, M 1/ 33 x M 2 Q w m\% l /H I m /2 W 0 I 4 5 y 13, 1952 J. G. A. RYDELL 2,596,726

WIND MOTOR Filed May 26, 1948 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 g 31 J 4 a? w a 7(\ W" a Y INVENTOR JOSEF G. A. RYDELL,

A T T O R N E Y S May 13, 1952 J. G. A. RYDELL WIND MOTOR 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed May 26, 1948 INVENTOR J 08 E F G. A. RY D E LL A T. T O R N E Y S Patented May 13, 1952 UNITED. STATS 1 My invention relates to improvements in wind motors, particularly, though not exclusively ior the propulsi n o h s. a b e t (i a d 2 tion being to provide a simple; durable and efiicient mechanism adapted to convert energy. from I the wind for. driving a ships propeller and to obt nalso. e M ma tt st f r h Pr wln bf theshia I Mor ec fisa l s a b ec Q my mi n i t rov de in m qhan m O th ta tiest naure a rot in iflh wb upr ht Q fid anes ar urved. tr nsv e to re der th Sam xter qrly c nvex and, in i r coliqavy W in which such vanes are juxtaposed with their ma "t e fac ach Oth r a a e un d, or relati e, transver v ment whereby u h vanes may be registered with each other in cylinder-like formation and relatively offset ree s r om sfmh re iste in re tions p- Another object of the invention is to provide a rotor, as above, wherein each of the vanes includesa number of sail members mounted for la rem ement e es o ica t in r o ii im hth efiec ive hei ht q 'siw v A further object of the invention is to provide a rotor, as above. having shift -rneans powered by the rotor 'for reversely shifting the vanes into and out of register and for shifting the sail members of said vanes telescopically, an additional object of the invention being to provide shift-means of such nature self-serving to SQ? cure the vanes and their telescoping sail members in positions into which they may. be shifted by power derived from the rotor.

Other objects of the invention reside in the novel combination and arrangement of parts and in ,thejdetails of construction hereinafter illus trated and/or described.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a view elevationally illustrating a, form of Wind motor constructed in m dano wi h. my in e tio nd howin a so in transverse cross-section a ship to whichsaid m t r i pp ied; F 2 is an v tipnal View in detail o thesun r st u m o he moto hown in Fig. 1 Fig. 3. is an elevational view portraying a d su rstruc re s s from an an le o ine d r e om h el a i n th show in F g. Fig; 4 is a trans r e t q al. View o the structure shown in Figs. 2 and 3 ,'said view being takenas on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a'detail view partly in elevation and partly in section illustrating the lower portion of the motor structure shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken as on the line 6-6 of Fig! 5,

and Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken as on the line '|1 of said Fig. 5.

n he mnan me' rew nss t lu t a m qdiicet mm, imn ovem'ent. i w motors is designated in @Ii t by the. tren e i-ii! acterA. This motor is shown standing on a bed '1 I9 constructed. within the hull l I of a ship S. For the purpose of holding the motor A erect relative to the ship s, stay-lines [3 are employed. Two of these stay-lines I3 are shown in Fig. 1. the

same being anchored at their lower ends to the sides of the ship's hull II and fastened at their upper ends to side-wise extending arms M of a 'spider-wbra'ck e't is at the crest ofthe meters;

Similar stay-lines (not'shown) are anchored at their lowerends fore and aft of the ship and are fastened at their upper ends to arms [6 of said spider-bracketli extending length-wise of said Ship. The motor. A includes a base-plate l'l, fastened to the ships bed [3 by. bolts [8 and a mas tilt socketed at its lower endin a boss 20 formed on' said base-plate, said mast'l 9 being fitted at its upper, end with said spider-bracket I51 Said motor A further includes a rotor. 'B which turns freely about the mast I9. Principal parts of "this rotor B include a tubular rotor-shaft 2 l' encirclin the mast i9 and upper and lower disc-like'eiid plates 22,, 23 axially keyed tosai d'rotorrshaft 21. The lower end of the 'rotorshaft 2| rests upon an antizfriction thrust bearingifkl .encircli'ng'jthe mast l9 and resting upon the'upperf end of the boss 2%} on the baseplate' I! in 'whichfsaid mast I I 9;. is socketed. Additionally includedin the rotor B .toc'ause it to be turned by energy derived from wind, are twov similar elon ated transversely arcuate vanes C uprightly' arranged bet/ween the nd late 22. 2,3 in uxta ose o ion w their concavities facing each other. Each vane'C' has a frame 0 consisting of a air of stiles 25 integrally formed at their upper portions with an up r a .6 and t th ir lower p r i s with a lower rail 21, both of said rails 25, 21 being curved transversely of the frame. Each frame 0 carries a lower sail panel 28,anintermediate sailpanel 2-9 and an upper "sail-'panel itll-{all'of sheet material arcuated' transversely of maritime. The lower marginal portion ofthe lower'sail -pahel- 28 overlaps and is secured to the upper marginal portion of the lower frame-rail 21. The marginal portions of said lower sail-panel 28 along its side edges are mortised into and secured to the stiles 25 of the vane-frame c. The corresponding side marginal portions of the intermediate sail-panel 29 and of the upper sail panel' 3ii'are slidably fitted into grooves 3|, 32 in said stiles 2.51:0 enable said sail-panels to be movedup and down onth-e i e a d. s i b eoa ie t i n f b tween e sail-panels 29, 30 and stiles 25 being made in dove-tail fashion so that said sail-panels will be held fast to said stiles 25 in any of the vertically adjusted positions in which said sail-panels 29, 39 may be placed. The intermediate sail-panel 29 is arcuately shaped to telescope over the bottom sail-panel 28 and the upper sail-panel 39 is similarly shaped to telescope over said intermediate sail-panel 29. An ear 33 issuing radially outward from the lower frame-rail 21 forms a rest for the intermediate sail-panel 29, the lower edge of which abuts against said ear 33 in the lowermost position of said panel 29. Along the upper edge or the intermediate sail-panel 29 is an outwardly turned flange 34, the same being engageable with an inwardly turned flange 35 formed along the lower edge of the upper sailpanel 313. By reason of said inter-engaging flanges 34, 35, the intermediate sail-panel 29 is supported by said upper sail-panel 39, except at the lowermost position of said intermediate sailpanei 2:! wherein it rests upon the ear 3:: on the lower frame-rail 21 of the vane-frame c.

For each stile 25, each vane C has a lift-screw 36 closely paralleling its respective stile 25, each lift-screw 33 being revolubly supported at its upper and lower portions in brackets 3t issuing from the upper and lower portions of such stile 25. i'l'ireaded on each of the two lift-screws 33 of each vane C is a nut 38, the same being integrally formed with an arm 39 secured to the upper sail-panel 3d of such vane. Said nuts 39 in cooperation with the lift-screws 35 of their respective vane C cause the upper sail-panel 39 or such vane to be raised or lowered on the vaneframe, according to the direction of rotation of said lift-screws 36, which are turned in a manner hereinafter to be described.

The vanes C are slidably mounted on andbetween the end plates 22, 23 for sidewise movement transversely of the rotor B, said vanes being relatively juxtaposed with their concavities confronting each other. These vanes C are shiftable reversely to offset the same more or less relative to each other and to bring them into registry in the'form of a cylinder coaxially disposed with respect to the rotor-shaft 2|. To mount the vanes C slidably at their upper and lower ends on the upper and lower end-plates 22, 23, thefollowing construction is employed. Disposed at the upper face of the lower end-plate 23 radially thereof are aligned central guide-rails 4 9, T-shapedincross-section. The legs 41 of said guide-rails are fixed to said end-plate 23, the opposed outwardly extending head-flanges thereof constituting center. tracks 52. Also disposed at theupper faceof said lower end-plate 23 at opposite sides'ofsaid central guide-rails 40 and in parallelism therewith are a pair of additional guide-rails 43,- L-shaped in cross-section, the legs 44 thereof being'fixed to said end-plate 23. The bars or flanges of said last mentioned guide-rails 43 extend toward the central guide-rails 49 and provide outer tracks 45, each complementing its companion center track 42 on each of the central guide-rails 49. A corresponding arrangement of guide-rails 4i] and 43 is provided at the lower surface of the upper end-plate 22. The inner, confronting edges of the upper and lowerv frame-rails 26, 21 of the vane C are formed with notches 49 therein in which said center tracks 42 are slidably received, and each of said upper and lower framerails 25, 21 is supplied with a follower-lug 41 medially thereof outwardly extending therefrom in opposition to said notches 46 therein. Each follower-lug 41 travels along its respective guiderail 43 moving between the track 45 thereon and the upper or lower end-plate 22, 23 as the case may be, with the outer end of said lug 47 slidably abutting the inner face of the leg 44 of said rail &3. Thus, the two vane-frames c are slidably interlocked with and thereby movably mounted on the upper and lower end-plates 22, 23 for crosswise movement to and fro relative thereto.

Each of the vanes C is shifted into and held in one position or another along the central guiderails 49 and its respective outer guide-rail 43 on the upper and lower end-plates 22, 23 by means of upper and lower horizontally disposed shiftscrews 4:5, the upper shift-screw 48 being revolubly mounted at its ends in bearing blocks 49 on the upper end-plate 22 of such vane C and the lower shift-screw 49 being revolubly mounted at its ends in bearing blocks 59 on the lower endplate 23. Said upper and lower shift-screws 48 of each vane C parallel the guide-rails 40, 43 and extend through the upper and lower frame-rails 26, 2| respectively, of such vane, each shift-screw 48 being threadedly interfitted with a nut 5| formed integrally with its respective frame-rail so that rotation of the two shift-screws cs similarly in one direction or the other will shift the vane C one way or theother crosswise of the end-plates 22, 23 and so that in the absence of rotation of said two shift-screws 49, they will hold their respective vane C fixed against movement relative to said end-plates. Each shift-screw 48 of each vane C has a worm gear fixed thereto and meshing with a companion worm gear 53 fixed to an upright countershaft 54 journaied at its upper end in a boss 55 depending from the upper endplate 22. Each of said upright countershafts 54 extends through the lower end-plate 23 and into a transmission housing 56 depending from said lower end-plate 23, the lower end of such countershaft 54 being journaled in a thrust bearing 51 mounted on the bottom or lower end 58 of said housing 55. Transmission mechanism D, contained within the transmission housing 56 and later to be described in detail, includes a lower inside-outside annular gear 59 coaxially disposed with respect to the rotor-shaft 2!, the external teeth of said gear 59 being in mesh with two spur gears 59, one of which is fixed to the upright countershaft 54 of one vane C, the other spur gear 59 being fixed to the upright countershaft 54 of the second vane C. Translating motion from said inside-outside annular gear 59, the spur gear '69 for each vane C causes the upright countershaft 54 thereof to rotate and with it the worm gears 53 thereon which, in turn, cause their companion worm gears 52 on the horizontal shiftscrews 48 to rotate said shift-screws one way or the other and correspondingly shift such vane C.

For each vane C, there is a sleeve-shaft Bl in which the upright countershaft 54 for such vane is journaled. This sleeve-shaft 9| extends through and is itself journaled in the lower endplate 23 and a boss 62 depending therefrom. On the lower end of the sleeve-shaft 6| beneath the boss 92 is aspur gear 63 which meshes with an. upper inside-outside annular gear 94 of the transmission mechanism D. On the upper end of such sleeve-shaft BI is a worm gear 65 meshing witha companion worm gear 66 fixed to a cross-shaft 6T medially thereof, such cross-shaft paralleling the shift-screw 48 and extending freely through the lower frame-rail 21 of the.

vane near the stiles 25 thereof- Like said shiftscrew 48, said cross-shaft 61 is journaled at its the beat n bl el enttie lows; ens weenee r a d eeripeeblv ks one is a squa e n tr sv e ee se ti ndlid bla but not v e e la Q 1 the angular pq t en o the c oss-sha '51 ea h an C are a P r of d ng ermi ear 6.8 h -h e e-. e a d a os te ides o th lo e ,1 ef the' ane Ea h @tse d. s id n e i is st med with hflanee 9,

ame-t w th a annu a e v f' t wherein is reeei e th v u er end f a fi rh e P ZLb Pb t I s v a I gears 66, 65 and sleeve-shaft 6I. Such turning of saidfshift-screws 36 acts to raise and lower theupper sail-panel 38 of their respective vane Cfand, through said upper sail-panel 39, to raise and loweri'the intermediate sail-panel 29. Said lift sc'rew'safi of each vane C additionally serve, in the absence. of rotation thereof, to hold the upperlsail-panel 38 in vertically adjusted posi-- tion along. with the intermediate sail-panel 29 in positions thereof in which said intermediate sail-panel is unsupported by the ears 33 on the lower frame-rail 21 of the vane.

The power transmitting mechanism D em?v ployed to drive. the upright countershaft 54 and sleeve- 'shaft' lil of each vane Q includes the aforesaid inside-outside upper and lower an-. nular gears. 64; 59 and further includes a tubular post 'l3fencirclin g the rotor-shaft 2I, said post I3 having its footing on and being bolted to a gear-case 14 enclosing the lower portion of said rotoreshaft 2|. This gear-case I4, in turn, has itsjfootinglon and is' bolted to the base-plate I'I.

Said tubular post'13 extends upwardly into the transmission housing 58 through an axial open:

ing'fli in thefbottom 58 thereof. Encircling the tubular post, 13 within the housing 56 is a tubular mount 16 formed with avbasefiange 'II bolted tothe bottom 58 of, said housing An inner clutch-sleeve, I8 encircling said tubular mopnt 16 is encircled by an intermediate sleeve I9 wl ich, in turn, is encircled by an outer sleeve 80. Thejl'ower edge of" the intermediate, sleeve. 19 rests. upon a collar 8I which also, encircles the innerfclutch-slee ve 18. The lower edge of said collar Bland the lower edge of said inner clutch-sleeve." bear upon the upperedge of they base-flange TI on the tubular mount I6 for the support of the collar BI, and the intermediate sleeve 19 and. the inner clutch-sleeve I8. Pins 82 extending through said collar 8| and inner clutch-sleeve I8 tie said collar and sleeve t0- gether and said pins project at their inner ends into an annular race-groove. 83 in said tubular. mount IE to hold said collar 8| and inner clutchsileeve I9 against upward movement on the tubular mount I6. An annular gear 84 is keyed to said intermediate sleeve I9, the upper edge thereof providing a rest for the lower edge of the outer'sleev'e 80; An outwardly extending annularflange 85 at the lower portion of said outer sleeve 89 over-reaches the upper edge of and carries the lower inside-outside annular gearf59', screws being employed to fasten said ear: as to sa ia fiange aa Meshing 'withthe E h in worm gear 68 w-shaft fil, their respective meshingworth guide -slots 91 formed in'the tubularhost be? mi a r on? ape.., 8 e he 'rfild sleeve ride -t awin ed ie i theets an a si turn, s d n b nnaularfl 1 1 forme tbs sinne l en-sleeve 1 8, V

ati u wardly ex end -te th E t an u ar i i til n en e -8.,

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ro a ve ti al. ui e- "94 in the upper p i o e ub lar p t 13 o he lret nd an p i ht u por n s e 5 9cete in n ul ceetw en th r-sha .2 a said tubularpost- I3, Said supporting sleeves, 95 re seem to nd he l w n re ca ied. by arms 96 extending outwardly through 'vert' a1 neath the transmission housing 58,; said arms 6. bearing at their outer ends on an annular: re 98 encircling said tubulanpost I3 and vertic y slidable therealong. This annular rest 98: is shifted up and down and normally heldinan intermediate positionlby means oi ashift-lever 99 intermediately slidably fulerumed, asat I99,- on a bracket Iill upstanding from thegear ease It, said shift-lever 99having a yoke I 92 at its inner end embracing the annular rest 98- andpi voted thereto on an axis diametricallythereof This shift-lever 99 is releasably latched in -an m di te P si on t rres o d nsl 12 19 9 2 said annular rest 98,; An expedient for thus latching said shift-lever 99 includes an upright guide-quadrant I03 on said bracket I8I torthe,

outer or handle portion I94 of the shift-lever 99, This guide-quadrant I98 has a latch-pin I05 issuing outwardly therefrom medially thereof.- Formed in said handle portion I94 of the shift-1 lever 99 is an aperture I06 which may; be regis: t e W t th t hin I by s n he handleportion I04 of the shiftlever 99 slightly: l e u r iste d th he atche nf I95, said aperture I99 will receive said,;latch-.plnwhen said handle portion I94 of'saicl shift-lever; 99 is l e t0 v pr n bech te s. no mal ne t:- tion." Said lower stator-wing 92 is formed to provide a downwardly facing annular friction-g. shoulder I01 which, confrontsthe upper surface of they frictionefiange 89 on the intemnediatesleeve I9. An annular-friction-plate I98 secured to th l w r e ithe st ne 9%. a d ma a Par th r o mvi es, an war ly faclngfric: tion surface confronting the lowercsurface. 01: the friction flange; 88- on the, outer sleeve, 89., The distance between said friction shoulder I91. and frictionrplate I98 on the stators-ring 92 -is: such that they are. both. spaced from their: rea spective friction-flanges 88-, 89 when said stator-' ring 92 is held in vertically adjusted position determined by the shift-lever 99- in its neutral intermediate latched position, as shown in Fig. 5. For adjusting the sliding 'cluteh -col lar- 91'" vertically; saidstator-ring 9t is fitted with BMW pins I09 extending radially inward therefrom,

the inner terminal portions of said pins I09jprojecting into an annular groove H formed in said clutch-collar 9|. These pins I09 serve to hold said clutch-collar 9| in the position shown in Fig. when'the shift-lever 99 occupies its said neutral, latchedposition. In such position of the clutch-collar SI, the teeth thereof mesh with the teeth on the clutch-sleeve I8 and deprive said clutch-sleeve of rotation. 'When the handle portion I04 of said shift-lever 99 is released from its latch-pin I05 and swungupwardlyfthe stator-ring 92 will be depressed-to bring the friction shoulder I0'I thereof against the friction-flange 89, s'uch'movement of said stator-ring 92 being accompanied with the lowering of said clutch-ring 9| and the deeper meshing of "its teeth with the teeth of the clutchsleeve I8. Swinging the handle portion I04 of shift-lever 99 downwardly beneath its latched, neutral position, the friction plate I08 on the stator-ring 92 is brought into engagement with the friction-flange 88 on the outer sleeve 80 and the clutch-collar Si is lifted to free the teeth thereof from the teeth of the clutch-sleeve I8.

Encircling and pinned to the rotor-shaft 2I, beneath the upper inside-outside gear 64, is a stop-collar I I l. Surrounding said rotor-shaft 2I and resting on said stop-collar III is an inner clutch-sleeve H2 having at its lower end an annular flange H3 formed with downwardly extendingteeth. The upper end of this clutchs'leeve H2 lies adjacent to the lower end of an axial boss H4 on the lower end-plate 23 of the rotor B, said boss forming an upper stop for said clutch-sleeve H2. An intermediate sleeve H5 encircles the clutch-sleeve H2 and, in turn, is encircled by an outer sleeve I I6. At its lower end, said intermediate sleeve H5 rests on the flange H3 of the inner clutch-sleeve H2 and is formed with an annular friction-flange H'I. Similarly, the outer sleeve H6 rests at its lower end on the friction-flange H! of the intermediate sleeve H5 and is formed at such end thereof with an annular friction-flange H8. At its upper end, said outer sleeve H6 is formed with an annular supporting flange H9 upon the upper margin of which said inside-outside gear 64 is bolted. Encircling and flxed to theintermediate sleeve H5 is an annular gear I20 meshing with idler-gears I2I which also mesh with the-internal teeth of the upper inside-outside gear 64. Said idler-gears I2I are carried on arms I22 integrally formed with a band I23 which encircles and is pinned to the upper portion of the clutch-sleeve I I2. Encircling the rotor-shaft 2| and feathered thereon beneath the clutch-sleeve I I2 is a clutch-collar I24 having upwardly extending teeth designed to mesh with downwardly extending teeth on the clutchsleeve H2. An upper stator-ring I25 surrounds the friction-flanges H1, H8 on the intermediate and outer sleeves H5, H'Ii, and also said clutchcollar I24. Arms I26 radially disposed relative to the tubular post I3 and guided vertically in the upper slots 94 in said post 13 are pinned at their outer ends to the stator-ring I25 and support the same. Said arms I26, in turn, are supported at their inner ends by the upper ends of upright actuating rods I21. These actuating rods I21 are slidably accommodated medially thereof within the upright actuating sleeves 95 and are secured attheir lower ends to the inner ends of arms I28 slidably guided vertically in the lower guideslots 91 of the tubular post 'l3. At their outer 8 ends, these arms I28 bear upon an annular rest I29 encircling said post. This annular rest I29, like the annular rest 98 above it, is vertically slidable along said post I3,the same being shifted up and down and normally held in an intermediate position by means of a shift-lever I30 intermediately slidably fulcrumed, as at I3I, on the upstanding bracket IOI, said shift-lever having a yoke I32 at its inner end embracing the annular rest I29 and pivoted thereto on an axis diametrically thereof. Said shift-lever I30 is rele'asably latched in an intermediate position correspondingly to locatesaid annular rest I29. For latching said shift-lever I30 insuch'posi tion, the bracket 1 01 is supplied with a depending guide-quadrant I33 for the handle portion I34 of said shift-lever I30. This guide-quadrant I33 has a latch-pin I35 issuing outwardly therefrom medially thereof. Formed in said handle portion I34 of the shift-lever I30 adjacent said guide-quadrant I33 is an aperture I 36 which may be registered with thelatch-pin I35 upon springing the lever I39 slightly sidewise. Having-thus registered said aperture I36 with said latch-pin I35, the shift-lever I30 may be allowed to spring back into normal position with said pin I35 received within said aperture I36. Said upper stator-ring I 25 is formed to provide an upwardly facing friction-shoulder I31 which confronts the lower surface of the friction-flange III on the intermediate-sleeve H5. An annular friction plate I38 screwed to the upper edge of the stator-ring I25 and thus made a part thereof provides a downwardly facing friction surface confronting the upper surface of the frictionflange I I8 on the outer sleeve H6. The distance between said friction shoulder I31 and frictionplate I38 on said upper stator-ring I25 is such that they are both'spaced from their respective friction-flanges II'I, I I8 when said stator-ring is held in vertically adjusted positionas determined by the shift-lever I30 in its neutral, latched position, as shown in Fig. 5. To adjust the clutch collar I24 vertically, the stator-ring I25 is supplied with shiftpins I39 extending radially inward therefrom and projectinginto an annular groove I40 in said collar .I24. .Through the media of said shift-pins I39, the clutch-collar I24 is held supported in the position shown in 5 when the shift-lever I30 is in its said neutral, latched position. In such position of said clutch-collar I24, the teeth thereof are meshed with the teeth on the clutch-sleeve H2 to deprive said clutch-sleeve of rotation about the rotor-shaft 2I. With the handle portion I34 of the shift-lever I30 released from its latchpin I35 and swung downwardly, said upper stator-ring I25 will be elevated to bring the frlc-.

tion shoulder I3? thereof against the frictionflange III on the intermediate. sleeve H5, such movement of said stator-ring I25 being accompanied with the elevation of said clutch-ring I24 andlthe deeper meshing of the teeth thereof with the teeth of the. clutch-sleeve H2. Swinging the handle portion I34 of the shiftle'ver I30 upwardly above its latched, neutral position, the friction-plate I38 on the statorring I25 is brought into engagement with the friction-flange H8 on the outer sleeve H6 and the clutch-collar I24 is depressed to free the tlelezth thereof from the teeth of the clutch-sleeve Assuming that the two vanes C of the rotor B are relatively offset and that the shift-levers 99, I30 are disposed in their neutral, latched position,

as shown in the drawings, the wind will be caught by the vanes C in the concavities thereof and the rotor B will be turned by the force of such wind in one direction or the other dependme upon which way said vanes are relatively offset. And, in such case, the revoluble parts of the transmission mechanism D will be inactive, merely turning as a unit with the rotor B proper.

Power from the rotating rotor B is transmitted to a propeller shaft I4I having thereon a submerged propeller (not shown) for driving the ship S, and this translation of power is effected in a manner whereby said propeller shaft is caused to turn always in the same direction regardless of the direction in which the rotor B 'mayturn. In the accomplishment of such and,

there is mounted on the lower end of the rotorshaft 2| a dual gear I42 including a hub I43 having a limited sliding and turning movement relative to said rotor-shaft 2|. Inte rally formed with said hub I43 at top and bottom thereof are opposed bevel gears I44, I45 either of which is singly engageable with a bevel gear I46 keyed to the propeller shaft I4 I. Said hub I43 of the dual gear I42 is formed with diametrically opposed slots I4! extending obliquely relative to the hubs axis. Fins I48 arranged radially relative to the hub I43 and anchored at their inner ends to the rotor-shaft 2| extend into said oblidue slots I47 in said hub I43. between the dual gear I42 and the rotor-shaft 2| acts, upon rotation of said rotor-shaft in one direction, to depress the dual gear I42 and engage the upper bevel gear I44 thereof with the gear I45 on the propeller shaft MI.

rotor B. To attain such advantage of the Magnus effect, under chan es in direction of the wind with respect to a given course to be followed by the ship, it will be necessary to reverse the offset relationship of t e vanes C and, too, it will be desirable, in accordance with the force of the wind and other considerations, to offs t the vanes C relatively more or less. 7 'riding at anchor, riding out a gale and the like In com ng into dock,

when propulsive force, arising from the propeller and the Magnus effect of the rotor is not desired,

This pin-and-slot connection And, upon rotation of said rotor-shaft 2| in the opposite dithe relative offsetting of the vanes C will be eliminated by bringing them together into the form of a cylinder, thereby to deprive said vanes of their normal rotor-turning effect and thus allow the rotor to come to rest. This relative ad ustment of the vanes C is accomplished through said transmission mechanism D by power developed from the revolving rotor B. For example, assume that the rotor B is being turned by the wind in either direction and that the vanes C are to be brought more nearly into register, or into registry coaxially with the rotor-shaft 2 I, or reversely offset, the

handle portion I54 of the upper shift-lever I92 will be disengaged from the latch-pin I95 and plate against the friction-flange I It on the outer sleeve swung downward to lift the lower stator-ring 92. This lifting of said stator-ring 92 disengages the clutch -collar 9I from the inner clutch-sleeve I8 and brings the friction-plate I98 of said statorring 92 against the friction-flange 88 of the outer sleeve 89 with the result that the lower insideoutside annular gear 59 is frictionally held against rotation. Thereupon, the spur gears 60, meshing with the outer teeth of said lower inside-outside gear 59 are caused to rotate and turn the upright countershafts 54, each in the same direction. These countershafts 54, through the worm gears 53, 52, drive the horizontal shiftscrews 48, the threads of which are so formed that they cause their respective vanes C to be equally but oppositely shifted on the end-plates 22, 23. Returning the upper shift-lever 99 to its intermediate, latched position the neutrality of the transmission mechanism D is restored and the vanes C stand in their newly adjusted positions locked against sidewise movement by the horizontal shift-screws 48. To accomplish a reversal of the relative sidewise movement of the vanes C, as last above described, the handle portion I04 of the shift-lever .99 is freedfrom the latch-pin I05 and swung upward from its normal' intermediate position. This movement of said shift-lever I92 depresses the lower statorring 92 bringingthe friction shoulder I91 against the friction-flange 89 with the teeth of the clutch-collar 9| engaged with the teeth of the clutch-sleeve 18. In'this situation, the annular gear 84 on the intermediate sleeve -19 is held against rotation, while the idler-gears 85, tied to the inner clutch-sleeve 78, have a planetary motion around the axis of the rotor-shaft 2|, along with rotation about their own axes with the result that the lower inside-outside gear 59 is turned to impart rotation to the spur gears 60 and the upright countershafts 54 in direction counter to that first described, whereby the relative sidewise movement of the vanes C, as first described, is reversed. Thus, by merely manipulating the shift-lever 99, the vanes C of the revolving rotor B may be brought into registry with each other coaxially of the rotor-shaft 2| by power derived from the rotor itself, or may be relatively offset reversely more or less, to accord with the existing sailing conditions and the extent to which advantage is desired to be taken of the Magnus effect available in said rotor-construction.

At the same time that the transmission mechanism D is being employed to shift the vanes C sidewise, or at a different time as may be desired, said transmission mechanism may be further employed to raise or lower the upper and intermediate sail panels 99, 29 of the vanes C on the rotating rotor B, thereby to attain the fulleffect of theentire sail area afforded by said vanes, or the lessereffect of a reduced sail area; as may be desired under the particular conditions prevailing. To this end, and assuming that the rotor B is turning in a clockwise direction as seen in Fig.4, the handle portion I 34 of the lower shift-lever I39 will be frecd from the latch-pin I35 and swung upwardly'from the intermediate, neutral position thereof shown in Fig. 5. This movement of said shift-lever I39 depresses the upper stator: ring i'25 freeing the clutch-collar I24 from the inner clutch-sleeve I I2 and bringing the friction- I38 on the said upper stator-ring I25 II6 with the result that the upper inside-outside annular gear 64 is frictionally held against rota- 1-1 tion about the axis of the rotor-shaft 2I. Thus held, said inside-outside gear 64 drives the spur gears 63 on the sleeve-shafts BI which, in turn, drive the lift-screws 36 through the worm gears 65, 66, cross-shafts 61 and worm gears 68, I2 in a direction synchronously to elevate the upper sail-panels 30 of the two vanes C and likewise the intermediate sail-panels 29 when the flanges 34 thereof are caught by the flanges 35 of the ascending upper sail-panels 30. When said sailpanels 30, 29 of the vanes C have been extended fully or as high as desired, the handle'portion I34 of the shift-lever I30 is lowered to its intermediate, neutral position and caught on the latch-pin I35. To telescope the sail-panels 33, 29 more or less, the handle portion I34 of the shift-lever I30 is freed from the latch-pin I35 and swung downwardly from its said intermediate neutral position. This movement of said shift-lever I30 causes the friction-shoulder I31 of the stator-ring I25 to engage the frictionfiange I II on the intermediate sleeve I I5, whereby the annular gear I20, also on said sleeve H5, is held against rotation. The clutch-collar I24, feathered to the revolving rotor-shaft 2I and meshed with the clutch-sleeve '2, causes said clutch-sleeve to turn and impart to the idlergears I2I a planetary movement about the axis of the rotor-shaft 2I. The upper inside-outside gear 64, carried on the now freed'outer sleeve I I5 is turned by the idler-gears I2I as they rotate about their own axes, the turning of said upper inside-outside gear 64 causing the spur gears 63 on the sleeve-shafts BI to be rotated in a direction counter to the direction first described for lifting the panels 30, 29. Thus, the upper and intermediate sail-panels 30, 29 of each vane C will be lowered by the action of the lift-screws 36 to their full extent or short thereof depending upon the speed of the rotor B and the interval during which the shift-lever I30 is held in its downwardly swung position. Having caused the sail-panels 30, 29 to be lowered, as desired, the handle portion I34 of the shift-lever I30 is swung to return it to its intermediate, latched position, whereupon said upper inside-outside gear 64 turns without effect. In the event that the positions of the vanes C as seen in Fig. 4, are reversed to turn the rotor B in a counter-clockwise direction, the swinging of the handle portion I 34 of the lower shift-lever I30 will be the reverse of that above described for either raising or lowering the sail-panels 30, 29 of said vanes C. When the sail-panels 30, 29 of the vanes C are lowered from their fully upwardly extended positions, the 5 wind is kept from spilling out of each of said vanes. at the upper end of its upper sail-panel 30 by reason of the employment of a semi-circular cap-plate I49 fitted thereinto.

In the illustrated embodiment of my invention, the mast I9 is shown within the rotor-shaft 2I which is of tubular formation to accommodate said mast therewithin. However, it will be understood that the rotor B may be supported in upright position by any suitable means such as a mast or masts standing alongside the rotor and suitably braced relative to the hull I I of the ship.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a relatively simple, durable and efficient motor adapted to convert energy from the wind for any purpose, and in which the relative disposition of the vanes and the area of the vane surfaces may be quickly and easily altered simultaneously or at different times, under power produced by the motor, to meet the changing condition's in the use thereof. Also, it will be seen that my invention in wind motors as applied to a ship is particularly adaptable to such use by reason of the dual functioning thereof in the propulsion of. the ship, the one function residing in the conversion of energy from the wind to drive a submerged propeller, and the other function residing in the utilizationof the Magnus effect as an additional propulsive force. Further, it will be appreciated that a ship fitted with one or more wind motors in embodiment of my invention may be easily and efiiciently maneuvered by relatively few hands and otherwise operated at relatively small cost.

Changes inthe'sp'ecific form of my invention, as herein described, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, what Iclaim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In a wind motor, a rotor including anupright revoluble rotor-shaft, upper and lower endplates secured to said rotor-shaft, tracks on the confronting faces of said end-plates, a pair of elongated, upright transversely arcuate vanes disposed between said end-plates in juxtaposed position with their con-cavities facing each other, each vane including a frame consisting of upper and lower arcuate rails and a pair of stiles, the frames cooperating with said tracks to guide the vanes for relative transverse movement bringing them into registry with one another coaxially with respect to said rotor-shaft and reversely offsetting the same from such position of registry, each vane having a bottom sail-panel of sheet material arcuated transversely and secured along its lower portion to the lower-fmme-rail thereof and along its end portions to the stiles, a second similarly arcuated sail-panel slidably mounted at its ends on said stiles and movable froma depressed position telescoped, about said bottom sail-panel to an elevated position in upward extension thereof, and a third arcuated sail-panel slidably mounted at its ends on said stiles and movable from a depressed position telescoped about said second sail-panel in its depressed position to an elevated position in upward extension of the elevated second panel, a coupling member at the lower edge of said third sail-panel and a companion coupling member at the upper edge of said second sail-panel cooperating to cause said second sail-panel to be carried by said third sail-panel when the latter is fully extended relative to the former, an upright lift-screw revolubly mounted on the frame, a nut secured to said third sail-panel and fitting the lift-screw to raise and lower said third panel upon rotation of said liftscrew, a horizontal shift-screw adjacent the face of one of said end-plates, revolubly mounted thereon, and threadedly interfitted with the frame tomove the frame along its tracks, panel-shifting mechanism for reversely turning the lift-screws of said vanes, and frame-shifting mechanism for reversely turning the shift-screws thereof, each of said shifting mechanisms including parts revoluble with and driven by said rotor-shaft and including other relatively stationary parts and means associated with said latter parts for actuating and causing said first mentioned parts'to effect the turning of their respective screws during rotation of the rotor in either direction.

2. In a wind motor, a rotor including a revoluble rotor-shaft, a pair of vanes supported thereon and reversely movable relative thereto in opposition to each other, shift-mechanism driven by the rotor-shaft and coacting with said vanes 'to move the same, said shift-mechanism including 'a'sle'eve-like mount coaxially disposed relative'to the rotor shaft and revoluble therewith,

' "a clutch-sleeve journaled on said mount and a clutch-collar feathered thereonfor coaction with nally thereof, an axially shiftable stator-ring coaxially disposed relative to said rotor-shaft and connected with said clutch-collar correspondingly to shift the same, said stator-ring having axially spaced shoulders thereon, one for frictional engagement with the friction-flange on the outer sleeve and one for frictional engagement with the friction-flange on the intermediate sleeve, both of said shoulders being free from their respective friction-flanges in an intermediate position of said stator-ring, actuating means for shifting the stator-ring from its said intermediate position in one direction to engage one of its shoulders with the friction-flange on the outer sleeve and to disengage the clutch-collar from said clutch-sleeve, thereby to hold the insideoutside gear against rotation relative to the rotorshaft, said actuating means being further adapted to shift the stator-ring in the other direction from its said intermediate position to engage the other of its shoulders with the friction-flange on the intermediate sleeve while maintaining, said clutch-collar in engagement with the clutchsleeve, thereby to cause the rotation of said in side-outside gear relative to said rotor-shaft, and a gear-train for each vane, each gear-train being geared to said inside-outside gear and adapted to move its respective vane inone directionor the other in synchronism with the companion vane and in opposition thereto according to the status rotatively of said inside-outside gear relative to said rotor-shaft.

3. In a wind motor, a rotor including a revoluble rotor-shaft, a pair of vanes, means on said rotor-shaft supporting said vanes, each vane including sail-panels, one thereof being movable telescopically relative to another thereof to vary the sail area of the vane, shift-mechanism energized by the rotating rotor for so moving the movable sail-panels of said vanes, said shiftmechanism including a clutch-sleeve journaled on the rotor-shaft and a clutch-collar feathered thereon for coaction with said clutch-sleeve, an intermediate sleeve journaled on the clutchsleeve and having thereon an annular gear and an annular friction-flange, an outer sleeve journaled on the intermediate sleeve and having thereon an annular friction-flange, an annular inside-outside gear carried by the outer sleeve, idler-gears carried by the clutch-sleeve and meshing with said annular gear and with said inside-outside gear internally thereof, an axially shiftable stator-ring coaxially disposedirelative to said rotor-shaft and connected with said clutch-collar correspondingly to shift the same, said stator-ring having axially spaced shoulders thereon, one for frictional engagement with the friction-flange on the outer sleeve'and one for frictional engagement with the friction-flange 14 on the intermediate sleeve, b'c'ith of 'said shoulders being free from their respective friction-flanges in an intermediate-position of said stator-ring, actuating means ,for shifting the stator-ring from its said intermediate position in one direction to engage one of its shoulders with 'thefrictionfiange on the outer sleeve and to disengage the clutch-collar from said clutch-sleeve, thereby to hold the inside-outside gear against rotation relative to the rotor-shaft, said actuating means being further adapted to shift the stator-ring in'the other direction from its said intermediate position to engage the other of its shoulders with the friction-flange on the intermediate sleeve while maintaining said clutch-collar in engagement with the clutch-sleeve, thereby to cause the rotation of said inside-outside gear relative to said rotor-shaft, and a gear-train for each vane, each gear-train being geared to said inside-outside gear and adapted to move its respective movable sail-panel in one direction or the other similarly and in synchronism with the movable sail-panel of the companion vane according to the status rotatively of said inside-outside gear relative to said rotor-shaft.

4. A ship propelling motor adapted to convert energy from the wind to drive the ship's propeller shaft and also to obtain the Magnus effect for moving the ship, said motor including a rotor consisting of a support revoluble about a vertical axis and operatively connected with the propeller shaft to turn the same, two similar vertically elongated juxtaposed vanes, arcuate in transverse cross-section, mounted on said revoluble support at opposite sides of theaxis thereof with the concavities of the vanes facing each other, said vanes being oppositely transversely movable on said support to reverselyofiset the one thereof more or less from the other, each vane comprising a frame and a number of sail panels mounted thereon, at least one of said sail panels being vertically movable with respect to another of said sail panels to vary the effective height of the vane, vane shifting means operatively connected with the frames of said vanes and with said revoluble support, said vane shifting means being enersized by the rotating support and adapted to move said vanes on said support, panel shifting means operatively connected with said movable sail panels and with said revoluble support, said panel shifting means being also energized by'the rotating support and adapted to move said movable sail panels on the frames of said vanes.

5. A motor adapted to be energized by the wind and including a rotor consisting of a revoluble support constituting a driving element, two similar elongated juxtaposed vanes, arcuate in transverse cross-section, mounted on said revoluble support at opposite sides of the axis thereof with the concavities of the vanes facing each other, said vanes being oppositely transversely movable on said support to reversely offset the one thereof more or less from the other, each vane comprising a frame and a number of sail panels mounted thereon, at least one of said sail panels being movable axially of the revoluble support relative to anotherof said sail panels to vary the effective sail area of the vane, vane shifting means operatively connected with the frames of said vanes and adapted to move the vanes on said revoluble support during rotation thereof, and panel shifting means operatively connected with 75 said movable sail panels and adapted to move the same on the frames ofsaQid vanes during rotation of the revoluble support. H

J OSEF G. A. RYDELL.

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UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Number Name Date Folmer Nov. 29,1927 Savonius Jan. 1, 1929 Wander Dec. 1, 1931 Rosenberg Aug. 15,1933 Belfield Jan. 31, 1939 Casiple Aug. 17, 1943 Ammen July 16, 1946 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Germany Sept. 29, 1924 

